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Reference Checker

Verify your entire bibliography before submitting·Up to 50 references·~20–40 seconds
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Supports APA, MLA, Chicago, ABNT, Vancouver, IEEE, and more. Works with any language.

How the reference checker works

Paste your bibliography or reference list above and CiteMe will verify each entry against real academic databases including OpenAlex, CrossRef, Semantic Scholar, and PubMed. The checker identifies fabricated references, AI-hallucinated citations, incorrect metadata, and common formatting errors.

Each reference is matched against over 250 million scholarly works to confirm that the cited paper actually exists, the authors are correct, and the publication details match. References that cannot be verified are flagged for manual review.

This tool is especially useful for detecting citations generated by AI language models, which often produce plausible-looking but completely fabricated references. It is free to use with no login required — just paste and check.

Working from a ChatGPT or Claude bibliography? See the AI reference checker guide for the AI-specific workflow.